Etihad to optimize codeshare management with IT from Lufthansa Systems

Both companies recently signed a three-year contract to this effect. In 2009, Etihad expanded its network by over 150 % through new codeshare agreements. The airline currently cooperates with 19 codeshare partners. With SchedConnect Etihad can optimize its codeshare management which leads to cost savings and higher revenues.

SchedConnect is the most advanced system of its kind available today and offers a high degree of automation. Each day, it calculates the optimum codeshare assignments based on the current flight schedules. The system processes up to 15 million schedule changes of all SchedConnect customers every month. If a minimum connecting time is violated due to a schedule change or if a partner flight is cancelled, SchedConnect assigns automatically the marketing flight number to another suitable connecting flight. Changes are sent through the reservation systems to travel agents and customers as well as to the operations and passenger-related systems of the airlines involved.